Ulangan 6:8

6:8 You should tie them as a reminder on your forearm ¹  and fasten them as symbols ²  on your forehead.

Ulangan 6:11

6:11 houses filled with choice things you did not accumulate, hewn out cisterns you did not dig, and vineyards and olive groves you did not plant – and you eat your fill,

Ulangan 6:18

6:18 Do whatever is proper ³  and good before the Lord so that it may go well with you and that you may enter and occupy the good land that he ⁴  promised your ancestors,

[6:8]  ¹ sn Tie them as a sign on your forearm. Later Jewish tradition referred to the little leather containers tied to the forearms and foreheads as tefillin. They were to contain the following passages from the Torah: Exod 13:1-10, 11-16; Deut 6:5-9; 11:13-21. The purpose was to serve as a “sign” of covenant relationship and obedience.

[6:8]  ² sn Fasten them as symbols on your forehead. These were also known later as tefillin (see previous note) or phylacteries (from the Greek term). These box-like containers, like those on the forearms, held the same scraps of the Torah. It was the hypocritical practice of wearing these without heartfelt sincerity that caused Jesus to speak scathingly about them (cf. Matt 23:5).

[6:18]  ³ tn Heb “upright.”

[6:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on the word “his” in v. 17.